🍗 Chicken McNuggets
Ingredients:
🔸 400g chicken breast with skin
🔸 1 tsp salt or as per your taste
🔸 1 tsp black pepper powder
🔸 1/2 tbsp sugar
🔸 1/2 tsp ajinamoto
🔸 1/2 tsp chicken powder (optional)
Dry mixture:
🔸 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
🔸 1/2 tsp salt
🔸 1/2 tsp white pepper powder
🔸 1/4 tsp ajinamoto
Tempura batter:
🔸 1/4 cup cornflour
🔸 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
🔸 1/2 tsp baking powder
🔸 1/4 cup chilled water (icy cold water) ❄️
🔸 1 egg 🥚
🔸 1/2 tsp salt or as per taste
Method:
1. 🧊 Grind chicken breast with skin along with salt, black pepper powder, sugar, ajinamoto, and chicken powder to a fine paste. Refrigerate for 30 mins. Then shape into nuggets. Avoid making them too thick or they’ll puff up like balloons while frying.
2. 🥣 Mix all dry mixture ingredients and keep aside.
3. 🥄 Mix all tempura batter ingredients and keep aside.
4. 🍽 Dip each nugget in cold water, then coat in the dry mix, then dip in tempura batter.
5. 🍳 Deep fry the nuggets twice:
First fry: 3–4 minutes
Second fry: 2–3 minutes on medium flame
Enjoy your crispy homemade McNuggets! 😋✨
